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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Cadenza
Fifth
Madrigal
Chant
2. To shift to another key.
Tonal
Modulation
Tutti
Ornaments
3. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Concert master
Partial
Da Capo
Chamber music
4. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Leitmotif
Sequence
Portamento
Cantata
5. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Cadenza
Unison
Tonal
Deceptive cadence
6. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
Quadrille
Carol
Resonance
System
7. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Drone
Interlude
Timbre
Intermezzo
8. A composition written for nine instruments.
Rhythm
Nonet
Cantata
Modulation
9. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Movement
Cadenza
A cappella
Da Capo
10. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Chromatic scale
Duet
Sharp
Tutti
11. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Sharp
Tuning
Serenade
Development
12. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Chord
Tonality
Beat
Interlude
13. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Chord
Sequence
Tune
Finale
14. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Ensemble
Cadenza
Klangfarbenmelodie
Interpretation
15. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Intermezzo
Ensemble
Scale
Renaissance
16. Group of singers in a chorus.
Tritone
Quadrille
Choir
Nocturne
17. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Quadrille
Septet
Timbre
Glissando
18. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Homophony
Virtuoso
Minuet
Trill
19. Closing section of a movement.
Coda
Operetta
Rigaudon
Key
20. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Cantata
Oratorio
Requiem
Minor
21. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Interval
Vibrato
Expressionism
Interpretation
22. Pertains to tone or tones.
Triad
Dynamics
Orchestration
Tonal
23. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Deceptive cadence
Cavatina
Operetta
Counterpoint
24. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Mezzo
Minuet
Rubato
Musicology
25. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Concert master
Parody
Consonance
Intermezzo
26. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Courante
Chord
Unison
Maestro
27. A repeated phrase.
Fermata
Tritone
Finale
Ostinato
28. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Modulation
Hymn
Nocturne
Polyphony
29. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Ornaments
Rhythm
Chord
Chant
30. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Register
Pastoral
Slur
Tuning
31. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Tremolo
Relative major and minor
Tremolo
Pitch
32. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
EnharmonicInterval
Requiem
Tonal
Refrain
33. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Classicism
Quartet
Interval
Libretto
34. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Classical
Scherzo
Pentatonic Scale
Falsetto
35. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Choir
Slur
Ostinato
Chamber music
36. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Adagio
Orchestra
Treble
Madrigal
37. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Cantata
Clavier
Tremolo
Triplet
38. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Voice
Refrain
Expressionism
Cantabile
39. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Octave
Scordatura
Symphony
Dissonance
40. The unit of musical rhythm.
Sonata
Beat
Quintet
Oratorio
41. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Sextet
Grandioso
Presto
Progression
42. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Trill
Clef
Piano
Minuet
43. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Flat
Finale
Elegy
Pitch
44. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Relative pitch
Deceptive cadence
Homophony
Da Capo
45. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Grave
Harmony
Pentatonic Scale
Romantic
46. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Soprano
Polyphony
Whole-tone scale
Fugue
47. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Form
Libretto
Chorale
Gavotte
48. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Chorale
Rhythm
Gregorian Chant
Stretto
49. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Polytonality
Minuet
Sextet
Refrain
50. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Minuet
Cadenza
Tonality
Tessitura